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About Danica

By now, I hope a few million of you have read this month's cover story, wherein we test four hot sports cars with IRL pilot Danica Patrick as our guest driver. Many friends and readers have contacted me asking, "Yeah, but what's she really like?&quot

The best response I can give you is "pretty darn cool." She swears, but paints her nails. She's a girl, but races hard with the boys and gets in their face when she feels it's warranted. She's married to a very cool guy (and, yes, a very lucky one, too). Her everyday rides include;a Honda Ridgeline, a Mercedes ML63, and a Lamborgini.;Danica has been interviewed in Playboy, but would rather talk about decreasing-radius curves than her own personal curves. She knows she's attractive and a hot commodity from a commercial standpoint, but isn't caught up in any of it.; She's smart, confident, and aware of her celebrity but never pushes the point. "Down to earth" defines her (yet with a fun and wicked sense of humor, too). Take a look at the videos we have on the site. My interview with her runs in two segments.; The;personna playing on the screen is very much the real Danica.

I also was impressed by the great respect she demonstrates for her teammates. She knows that Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanann are far more experienced than she is and is all too aware that the less-seasoned Marco Andretti has won a race while her first victory has yet to materialize. Yet she speaks about them so highly, about what she can learn from them and how they are genuinely her friends.Danica Patrick;doesn't want to be thought of as the;girl racer. Just as a racer who happens to be a girl. I say a way nice one. It's not any more complicated than that. And doesn't need to be.;